Foreign News: Your Undoubted Queen

In the broad transepts of Westminster Abbey, a thousand peers and ladies
sat, clothed in velvet and miniver, dazzling in their show of
decorations won in peace and war. In the nave, the chivalry of empire
unrolled like a Bayeux tapestry. Music played, yet over 7,000 subjects,
gathered to honor their Queen while worshiping their God, a hush of
dedication hung like a prayer.

Shortly before 9 a.m., the first processions arrived: the Lord Mayor of
London and the Speaker of the House of Commons; the representatives of
74 foreign powers, including General George C. Marshall and Russia's
Jacob Malik; the Sultans...